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Mora County Sheriff Thomas Garza is doing a disservice to his community by remaining in office. Not only are questions still lingering about the altercation he and then-deputy Lee Allingham had last year over a suspected DWI case, but now Garza has the state Attorney General’s office coming after him — with felony charges, no less.

A popular, long-lived feature in New Mexico Magazine is called “One of Our 50 is Missing.”

It’s a collection of anecdotes submitted by readers whose state got short-changed by some non-New Mexican.

In this “Missing” column, you’ll read, for example, about a flatland tourister visiting this state and expecting to pay in pesos rather than dollars, or of some phone rep, trapped in a cube somewhere, who tells the New Mexico caller that the company doesn’t ship to foreign countries.

Deliberations on the various state high school basketball tournament brackets consumed the better part of Sunday, as seeding committee members debated the most important rankings of hoops season — the ones that decide who makes state and who plays whom in the tournaments that begin this weekend.

The announcement of the New Mexico Activities Association’s seedings, which trickled out one bracket at a time Sunday afternoon, did not go by without some controversy.

Oscar Almeida struck out the last two batters, stranding Adams State’s potential tying run on second base, and the Highlands Cowboys edged Adams State 7-6 on Sunday in their series finale at Brandt Park.

The Cowboys (7-5 overall, 4-0 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) are on a five-game win streak after having lost four of their first five games. And head coach Steve Jones is just four wins shy of the 500-victory career milestone.

Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to elect four members to Luna Community College’s Board of Trustees, and the outcome could affect President Pete Campos’ longevity at the school.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Up for grabs are the District 1, District 3, District 5 and District 7 seats. Three incumbents are hoping to retain their seats. In District 7, longtime board member Ambrose Castellano opted not to seek re-election.